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Weather in Sterling, VA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Weather in Sterling

Sterling has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 25°, and about 21 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 56°, and lows to 36°.

Winter 45°/27°Spring 65°/43°Summer 85°/65°Fall 67°/47°
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Sunrise 6:38 am · sunset 5:08 pm

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A normal year

Where today sits in Sterling’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
45° / 27°
5 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
65° / 43°
Last frost around Apr 13
Summer
85° / 65°
32 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
67° / 47°
First frost around Oct 26
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 26). Last frost next spring: Apr 13
Best months to be outside
AprMayJunSepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sterling get?About 21 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 4.3 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.7° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Sterling itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Washington Dc Dulles Airport, VA (5 mi, snow) and Wfo Sterling, VA (5 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.